Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] stand [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So for example if I was doing Saint Paul 's I 'd say right erm erm I 'm a building in the City of London , very old , very big and extremely famous on of the most obvious things that really stand out about me is my very large domed roof with a little cross on top of it . |
| 2 | I blow up my fringe , and yawn , and slowly stand up . |
| 3 | She kept looking at him , and he kept trying to hide what he felt , but when they danced together , holding each other , he kept wanting to stop and just stand there , mouth hanging open ; express through sheer immobility something he possessed no dynamic for , To touch her , hold her , smell her . |
| 4 | If that was true , would I approve an auction of my personal belongings , jewellery , dishes , everything and just stand aside helpless ? ’ she asked during the joint Fox and Sky News interview in New York . |
| 5 | He looked as tired as a man could be and still stand upright . |
| 6 | If Balliol was already down a back stair , he could mingle with this crowd of panic-stricken servants and nowise stand out , in his shirt and breeches , since others were in approximately the same state . |
| 7 | AND now stand by for our Christmas competition . |
| 8 | I decided the only thing to do was throw her in at the deep end and go right down the village high street , where the roads were busiest and noisiest with holiday-makers , and simply stand there trying to calm her down . |
| 9 | His other tactic was to agree with me and then stand well back from whatever foolish project I 'd come up with . |
| 10 | I ask the children to bend their knees and lower themselves and then stand up . |
| 11 | Place a glass of water or beer on your head and lay down flat on the floor and then stand up . |
| 12 | Occasionally they would beat on their chests , sit on the ground and then stand up . |
| 13 | With a butt of his head he will heal the fissured bathroom mirror , heal also the worsening welt in his own tarnished brow , and then stand there staring at himself with his eyes flickering . |
| 14 | Every hour the assistant on duty had to read the instruments , make a note of the wind speed and direction , the visibility , the cloud , precipitation ( if any ) , and whether the barometer was rising or falling , and then stand by to teletype the details in code to Group Headquarters , who in turn would transmit it to Bomber Command . |